President Obama Talks Job Creation, High Speed Railway in State of the Union Address

January 28, 2010

In President Obama’s first State of the Union address last night, he waxed on for 70-some minutes about the economy, the housing crisis, the health care reform (meltdown) and Iraq and Afghanistan. But amidst those important issues, his top priority for the coming year was clear: Job creation. Jobs must be our number one focus [...]

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Hot Jobs 68: Animal Related Employment

January 27, 2010

Welcome to the Wednesday hot jobs post! If you are new to the JobMonkey, this is where I tell you about three of the hottest leads for jobs over at our free JobMonkey Job Center. This week, I’m focusing on the fun careers working with animals. Are you a lover of man’s best friend? An [...]

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Lessons from Losing the Big Game

January 25, 2010

Ah, bummer. My team just lost the NFC championship, which means they won’t be going to the Super Bowl – which might be over and done with by the time you read this. And anyway, the whole football thing will soon be eclipsed by the Olympics and the basketball Final Four and every other sports [...]

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World’s Coolest Jobs: From Bed Tester to Beer Taster

January 19, 2010

Amidst the depressing news about slow-going Haitian relief efforts, MSNBC ran a fun little story over the weekend about the “

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Hot Jobs 67: Work on Video and Computer Games

January 14, 2010

Welcome to our weekly hot jobs post, where I tell you about three of the hottest leads for jobs over at our free JobMonkey Job Center. This week, I’m focusing on the fun career track of video game programming. There are a dozen or more video game jobs up on the Job Center tonight, so if [...]

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Help Haiti Relief Efforts

January 13, 2010

As you no doubt know by now, shortly before sunset last night, the Caribbean nation of Haiti was hit by a massive earthquake. The epicenter of the 7.0 quake was just 10 miles from Port au Prince, the nation’s capitol and home to 2 million residents. Today and tonight, rescue workers, family members, neighbors and [...]

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Health Care Reform Means Millions of New Jobs

January 11, 2010

If you are wondering where your next job is going to come from, now might be a great time to look toward the field of health care. According to a new report by the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center, health care reform could lead to 2.5 million to 4 million new jobs over the [...]

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The Greening of the Job Market

January 8, 2010

Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to find a better paying job? If you are going for the “green,” consider a green job! Disappointed by America’s continued flagging unemployment, President Obama is pushing for new legislation that will expand government funding for clean technology jobs. The proposal, as reported here by MSNBC, would give [...]

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